Black Friday, particularly in 2020, doesn’t have the same sort of hysteria it once did. I remember the days when part of Thanksgiving would be...Read More

Even the cigar companies that don’t want to be associated with Cuba seem to never get completely away from the island that made cigars famous....Read More

It seems like we’ve written about more anniversary cigars in recent weeks than I care to remember. From company and store anniversaries to personal anniversaries...Read More

Cigars have been named after any number of things through the years, but the newest line from HVC Cigars gets its moniker from the grade...Read More

During our 2019 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show live show, Steva Saka of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust made a comment that has stuck with me....Read More

For the first maduro version of the La Rosa 520, HVC decided to keep it limited. Just 300 boxes of 10 cigars, and all headed to...Read More

The first day after Thanksgiving—otherwise known as Black Friday—has become more and more synonymous with shopping, crazy deals and even violence. In 2015, HVC Cigars released...Read More

For the last five years, few factories have put as many highly-rated cigars by this website as Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. (TABSA), a factory...Read More

We’ve all heard the saying that there’s no place like home, and that’s a sentiment that’s shared by many in the cigar industry. Many cigar...Read More

In April 2016, HVC Cigars released the first of what has now become three different vitolas in a new line that takes its name from...Read More

The Real Deal. I don’t know what that exactly means, but it’s been a part of the HVC Black Friday story for a while now...Read More